| Specimen ID | 44242 |
| Group | Fishes |
| Genus | Lates |
| Species | niloticus |
| Common Name | Nile perch |
| State | TX |
| County | Fort Bend |
| Locality | Smithers Reservoir |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Lower Brazos |
| HUC8 Number | 12070104 |
| HUC10 Name | Big Creek-Brazos River |
| HUC10 Number | 1207010404 |
| HUC12 Name | Dry Creek-Rabbs Bayou |
| HUC12 Number | 120701040408 |
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| Collection Day | 9 |
| Collection Month | 1 |
| Collection Year | 1990 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | stocked for sport |
| Status | extirpated |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 108 |
| Author: | Howells, R.G., and G.P. Garrett |
| Date: | 1992 |
| Title: | Status of some exotic sport fishes in Texas waters. |
| Journal: | Texas Journal of Science |
| Volume: | 44 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Pages: | 317-324 |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 360 |
| Author: | Howells, R.G. |
| Date: | 1992 |
| Title: | Annotated list of non-native fishes, mollusks, crustaceans, and aquatic plants, in Texas waters. Management Data Series No. 78. |
| Publisher: | Texas Parks and Wildlife Department |
| Pages: | 19 p. |
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| Comments | Probably died in cold weather when reservoir was 5-6C. No other specimens reported before or since. This fish was 580mm SL and 5.9 kg when released in March 1985. |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Verifier | TPWD biologists |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Number Collected | 1 |
| Year Class | 14 yrs |
| Size | 1003mm SL; 27 kg |
